STEM Outreach Expert - Mike Davis

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During the spring of 2020, Mike and some budding scientists did AT HOME SCIENCE! and published the often hilarious videos for all who were sheltering at home, doing remote schoolwork and otherwise climbing the walls. These short videos inspired interest in science and the desire to do something physical, not digital, in the learning space at home. 

For over 20 years, Scientist Mike Davis has been performing educational and exciting Science Spectacular Demonstrations from Chicago to Ireland to Florida. Mike's also used science demonstrations to fundraise at Gala Events! Cost of a show is provided on a sliding scale. Contact Mike for inquiries. (Educational organizations only). 

Mike has designed and facilitated week-long and day maker camps. More information can be found at Faraday's Club Maker Camps.  In Spring 2019, he ran  a one day Circuit Playground camp. Each student was given their own Circuit Playground Express to keep.  Students learned how to program LEDs, turn servos, make sounds, and use sensors.  Students wrote programs using Javablocks with the free Microsoft MakeCode interface.  By the end of our camp, cardboard creations come to life.

Mike has been the reciepient of over six million dollars of grant funds to run everything from community college High Altitude Ballooning launches to a full season of TV shows aimed towards middle schoolers, as well as the outreach side of a large nanotechnology grant and director of the Northwestern University Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) from 2011-2014. 

Halloween can be a great time to have Mike Davis on your news show to excite the scientists, young and old, in your viewing audience, and bring some life to the newscast. Mike is an experienced Talent, who had his own science show in Chicago, "City Science with Mike Davis",  and has appeared on news items during Deep Winter in Chicago as well as Halloween in Tampa. 

Mike's passion is to train others to inspire just as he does. He's wowed pre-k children with  SQUISHY CIRCUITS – FUN WITH PLAY DOUGH AND ELECTRICITY! and with community college students on WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR A HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON LAUNCH . 

Mike has run dozens of teacher trainings and classes and camps introducing pre-schoolers to high school teachers to IOT products and projects. From pre-schoolers working with Makey-Makeys to middle schoolers programming Circular circuits, he's put together kits and packages for those activities. He has evaluated and been an evaluator for science & STEM products, and knows the challenges that teachers, students and parents face when trying to do STEM activities.  Learn more at Faraday's Club.